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Unraveling Union: Blame for Pre-War Violence

Delve into the events leading up to the Civil War, exploring the escalating crisis, Lincoln's election, and the secession of the South. Discover key figures and moments shaping America's fate.

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Unraveling Union: Blame for Pre-War Violence

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  1. Cutting the Bonds of Union: The South Secedes

  2. Key Question • Who is most to blame for the violence leading up to the war?

  3. Significance • Lincoln’s election to the presidency in 1860 without wining a single Southern state epitomized the loss of Southern political power. • The North had enough power to pass any laws they desire without having to make further concessions to the Slaveocracy.

  4. Outline • I. Crisis Intensifies • A. Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854 • B. Ascension of the Republican Party • C. Bleeding Kansas, 1855 • D. Canning of Charles Sumner 1855 • E. Dredd Scot Decision 1857 • F. John Brown’s Raid, 1859 • II. South Secedes • A. Election of Lincoln 1860 • B. Fort Sumter April 1861

  5. Key Terms • Kansas Nebraska Act • Republican Party • Abraham Lincoln • John Brown • Charles Sumner • Preston Brooks • Fort Sumter • Election of 1860 • Dredd Scott

  6. Map of Slave and Free States

  7. Kansas Nebraska Territory

  8. Kansas Nebraska Act American painter John Steuart Curry's mural, Tragic Prelude, depicts abolitionist John Brown during the "Bleeding Kansas" decade of the 1850s

  9. Bleeding Kansas

  10. Caning of Charles Sumner

  11. Dredd Scott

  12. John Brown

  13. Raid on Harper’s Ferry, 1859

  14. Lincoln, Elected 1860

  15. Election of 1860 Chart

  16. Attack on Fort Sumter

  17. Leaving Question: What is your reaction to these two maps? Slave vs. Free States Republican vs. Demo Map: Modern

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